Gregory Laughlin: “I wrote him on June 6 to urge him to include funding in the VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies appropriation bill for the…”

“I wrote him on June 6 to urge him to include funding in the VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies appropriation bill for the Institute of Environmental and Industrial Sciences in San Marcos, Texas. This impressive institute is at the forefront of some of the most sophisticated basic and applied research that will help the petrochemical and other heavy industries comply with our complex environmental laws, regulations, and standards. The Senate Appropriations Committee included language in its committee report which recognized this important institute and urged the EPA to consider funding the petrochemical industry environmental technology project that would be initiated by the institute in fiscal year 1997. The conference agreement did not add any additional language regarding the institute, but it did include language supporting the project and other projects that were in one or the other committee reports.”